Corset-cover.



No. 707,9I6. Patented Aug. 26. |902. W. GDLDING.

CORSET COVER.

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IVILLIAM GOLDING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CORSETMCOVER.

SEECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 07,916, dated August 26, 1902.

Application led March 9, 1901. Serial No. 50,452. (No model.)

To (all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GoLDINe, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Corset-Cover, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an adjustable corsetcover, the object being to provide an exceedingly cheap and efficient construction of cover which will readily accommodate itself to different sizes and shapes of figures, thereby enabling the average-size cover to be used, avoiding the necessity of manufacturing a large number of varying sizes.

I'Vith this object in View the invention consists, essentially, in inserting elastic webbing down the middle of the back and alsoinserting the elastic webbing in the seam eX- tending downwardly from the armholes to the hips and also in the seams extending from the armholes to the shoulder.

The invention consists also in arranging a plaited covering upon the inner side of each elastic web, whereby said webbing is protected and the life and durability of the same prolonged.

The invention consists also in certain details hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective View showing the invention in use. Fig. 2 is a detail elevation of a cover constructed in accordance with myinvention spread flat to expose all of the seams. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. is a view showing the complete reinforcement.

In carrying out my invention I construct a corset-cover A substantially in the same manner as corset covers now in use. Elastic webbing B is inserted in the seam extending from the armhole downwardly toward the hips and similar webbing C is inserted in the seam extending from the armholes across the shoulders, and elastic webbing D is inserted in the central rear seam extending down the back. Greater strength is secured for the lower portion of the cover by terminating the webbing at a short distance from the lower edge thereof. In practice I prefer to use a plurality of transverse strips of webbing, as most clearly shown in the drawings, instead of using a single piece of webbing, the advantages of such construction being that the elasticity is increased, and, furthermore, should one section become impaired it can be quickly and easily removed and another small piece inserted. Furthermore, it permits the cover to yield more readily to the gure. In order to protect the elastic webbing, I prefer to use reinforcing-strips E upon the interior, said reinforcing-strips being constructed of any suitable fabric and preferably plaited longitudinally, as shown at E. By means of this plaiting the reinforcement will permit all expansion, and the adjustability of the waist will therefore not be interfered with. It will of course be understood that the plaiting can be inserted in any seam or seams; but in practice I have found the side, back, and shoulder seams the best adapted for the purpose intended.

r Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As an article of manufacture,a corset-cover, having at its side and back seams provided with a plurality of transversely-arranged strips, of elastic material, said strips extending from the upper edge ofthe cover towithin a distance from the loweredge thereof, and having a reinforcing and protecting strip of plaited fabric secured to the inside of the cover and arranged over the seams, substantially as described.

WILLIAM GOLDING. Witnesses:

NICHOLAS ELLIS,

GEORGE AnnAMsoN. 

